Curtain-rod point.



PATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

J. CARROLL.

CURTAIN ROD POINT.

APPLIoATIoN FILED MAB. e, 190s.

JOI-IN CARROLL, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CURTAIN-EOD POINT.

To all Awhom it may concern: l j

Be it known that I,. JOHN CARROLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and StateV of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Curtain-Rod Points; and I do hereby declare the following to be a' full,

y clear,l and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. l

My invention relates to a novel construction in al temporary point for curtainrods,

, the object being toprovide a device of this of juncture wit character which may be temporarily mounted upon the end of a curtain rod in order to enable the same to 'be readily inserted through the hein of a curtain or the like to be hung thereon, and consists of the features of construction hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating. my invention: Figu'red 1s a central longituf dinal section of a curtain rod point construct-Y ends and edges catch in the fabric and fre` quently cause the same'to tear. This is particularly true of the starclied or otherwise stiifened lace curtains so generally employed. To overcome this diiiiculty I provide a temporary point for curtain rods which consists of a conical body portion A of relatively larger diameter than the curtain rod and which is provided at one end with a concentric slightly eXteriorly tapered shank B, the latter being provided with a central longitudinal recess C terminating at its inner end adjacent the ointed end of the body portion A. The said s ank Bis of smaller diameter than the largest diameter of said body portion A, the latter bein provided ad'acent its point said shank B with an annu- Specicaton of Letters Patent.

v Application iled March 8, 1,906. Serial No. 304,958.

Patented May 14, 1.907.

lar ange D concentric with said shank A and 'between which and said shank is an annular recess E.

-The curtain rods most generally employed consists of light butt joint tubing of standard gages.. My device is made in various sizes to iit the various gages of tubing employed,

and the shank B thereof is made slightly larger in its greatest diameter than the' inner diameter of the tube G so that when said lshank is. inserted in one end thereof said tubing will be slightly ex anded atsaid end and thus hold said point rictionally thereon.

Th'eannular recess E is adapted to receive the wall of the tubing and thus completely cover the sharp edge thereof so that the. rod may' be lmoved backward and forward through the hem of a curtain or the like With-A out danger o`f catching therein and injuring the fabric in any degree. j The central recess C is adapted to receive the ends of solid metallic curtain rods also frequently employed so that each point will be adapted for a certain gage of tubular curtain rod and likewise a given gage of solid metallic curtain rods.

` y device is simple, efIicient and cheap.

I claim as my invention: 1. A curtain rod point comprising a relatively conical body portion having a concentric shank o smaller diameter provided withv4 a central recess, and an annular flange conposed at .the rear end of said body portionat its point of juncture with said shank.

2. A curtain rod point comprising a relatively conicalbody portion, a shank on the larger end of the same concentrictherewith and of smaller diameter than the largest diameter of said body portion, and an annular flange disposed upon the rear end of said bodyportion. concentric with and overhanging said shank, there being an annular space between said flange and said shank.

3. A curtain rod point comprisin a relatively conical body portion, a shan on the larger end of the same' concentric therewith, and of smaller diameter than thelargest diameter of said body portion, and an annular ange disposed upon the rear end of said body portion concentric with and over- In testimony whereof have signed my hanging said shank, tlierebeing an annular name n presence of two subscribing Witspace between said flange andsaid shank, nesses. and said shenk being provided with a central JOHN CARROLL.

5y recess terminating at its innerend in said Witnesses:

body portion adjacent thc smaller end RUDOLPH WM. Lo'rz,

thereof. ROBT. A. FISCHER. 

